I applied, and was rejected. However, I had already taken another job before they rejected me. The application process made me not want to work there. More recently I have toured their offices, and I really really don't want to work there.
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#12Extra option: I never applied and was hired. Believe it or not we have recruiters out there sourcing candidates. I have personally interviewed people who were asked to apply by recruiters but who did not apply on their own.
Related: solicited by internal Google recruiter but declined.
Google sucked-up nearly all the Python people from Seattle mid-decade this way, just as I was migrating back to Common Lisp, so it wasn't that appealing to me anyway.
It was months before the IPO was announced, no bus from SF yet, no SF office then, and I couldn't bear a reverse-commute. (Wife doesn't drive, so living outside the city not an option)
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#13I was recruited and then rejected : )
To be fair the recruiter said it was a generic interview - I spent the week studying data structures & algorithms. And then I get on the phone and the entire interview was on JavaScript and how to hack around the same origin policy.
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#14I never applied because they don't have a Portland office.
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#15I used to go to a bar in Santa Monica (Warszawa) where the Google folks go every Friday for happy hour. The recruiters kept trying to get me to apply, but I never did. I get the impression that they want people with Engineering/CS backgrounds and here I am a programmer with an English degree. I bet I'd have a better chance of building a startup and selling it to Google so that I could work there than going through th…
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#16I applied and then rejected them.
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#17For one, I'm a student. I could go the internship route (I'd actually like to at some point), but also, I have a pretty sweet job right now :)
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#18Don't we also need:
I applied and heard nothing back I applied, had a phone interview and was rejected I applied, interviewed in person and then was rejected I applied, was offered the position and turned it down.
PS I fall in the applied and heard nothing but crickets back column -- i feel so ashamed, HN hold me and tell me it will all be okay :(
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#19I never applied, but they approached me. I went to interview, and they said "we'd like to hire you". Then about a month of waiting later, they said "nevermind". Now I can't apply for 6 months to a year from November because of their policy, so I guess I miss out on 2011 being their biggest hiring year ever. Oh well.
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#20Solicited by Google recruiters but never applied:
a) I don't think Google is a place for me in terms of age and society.
b) I don't come from a CS background, am self taught but have over 12 years of professional experience behind me - I know what I am doing but can't rant of algorithms off the top of my head.